Subfield · Literature and Literary Theory
Top Countries in Literature and Literary Theory Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 63 ranked countries.
Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 100 fractional works in this field.
Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025
| # | Country | Score | Top-10% rate | Works | Citations | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 100.0 | 17.9% | 15k | 23k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 83.3 | 24.8% | 4.9k | 11k | #4 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 73.5 | 18.5% | 5.9k | 9.8k | #2 |
| 4 | Germany | 66.5 | 11.4% | 6.6k | 5.4k | #5 |
| 5 | Australia | 61.2 | 26.6% | 1.8k | 4.7k | #3 |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 56.8 | 48.5% | 509 | 3.2k | #8 |
| 7 | Spain | 53.0 | 16.2% | 5.7k | 4.5k | #7 |
| 8 | Türkiye | 49.8 | 13.8% | 7.7k | 4.4k | #14 |
| 9 | Canada | 47.0 | 17.8% | 2.4k | 3.2k | #6 |
| 10 | Indonesia | 44.4 | 19.4% | 3.9k | 2.7k | #22 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 42.1 | 26.7% | 777 | 2.2k | #9 |
| 12 | Japan | 40.0 | 23.3% | 1k | 1.6k | #11 |
| 13 | Italy | 38.1 | 12.8% | 2.3k | 1.6k | #15 |
| 14 | India | 36.3 | 13.9% | 3k | 1.6k | #28 |
| 15 | Sweden | 34.6 | 28.0% | 668 | 1.5k | #10 |
| 16 | South Africa | 33.1 | 30.3% | 842 | 1.3k | #17 |
| 17 | Norway | 31.6 | 27.7% | 555 | 1.3k | #18 |
| 18 | Malaysia | 30.2 | 28.6% | 775 | 1.5k | #30 |
| 19 | South Korea | 28.9 | 28.7% | 462 | 1.6k | #19 |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 27.7 | 33.1% | 580 | 1.2k | #32 |
| 21 | France | 26.5 | 6.7% | 6.9k | 1.3k | #13 |
| 22 | Brazil | 25.4 | 7.4% | 13k | 3.6k | #12 |
| 23 | Taiwan | 24.3 | 39.5% | 332 | 1.2k | #24 |
| 24 | Austria | 23.3 | 14.9% | 831 | 1.1k | #25 |
| 25 | Iran | 22.3 | 24.4% | 656 | 1.1k | #27 |
| 26 | Finland | 21.4 | 32.1% | 488 | 1.1k | #20 |
| 27 | Vietnam | 20.5 | 32.4% | 490 | 924 | #38 |
| 28 | Thailand | 19.6 | 38.3% | 404 | 915 | #37 |
| 29 | Switzerland | 18.7 | 12.4% | 943 | 930 | #21 |
| 30 | Russia | 17.9 | 13.4% | 1.9k | 924 | #36 |
| 31 | New Zealand | 17.1 | 32.7% | 302 | 914 | #16 |
| 32 | Belgium | 16.3 | 18.0% | 752 | 1k | #23 |
| 33 | Singapore | 15.6 | 35.8% | 206 | 889 | #29 |
| 34 | Kazakhstan | 14.9 | 20.1% | 374 | 425 | #48 |
| 35 | Pakistan | 14.2 | 14.5% | 1.2k | 616 | #46 |
| 36 | Portugal | 13.5 | 11.5% | 955 | 637 | #39 |
| 37 | Chile | 12.8 | 12.9% | 1.3k | 660 | #31 |
| 38 | Poland | 12.2 | 12.5% | 1.3k | 778 | #40 |
| 39 | Ireland | 11.6 | 18.9% | 436 | 468 | #34 |
| 40 | ?? | 11.0 | 14.0% | 1.1k | 677 | #41 |
| 41 | Philippines | 10.4 | 22.8% | 500 | 541 | #47 |
| 42 | Denmark | 9.8 | 19.5% | 421 | 554 | #26 |
| 43 | Mexico | 9.2 | 9.1% | 1.4k | 433 | #35 |
| 44 | Hungary | 8.7 | 15.9% | 532 | 480 | #42 |
| 45 | Israel | 8.1 | 21.0% | 289 | 671 | #33 |
| 46 | Greece | 7.6 | 20.8% | 309 | 475 | #44 |
| 47 | Nigeria | 7.1 | 18.2% | 685 | 485 | #51 |
| 48 | Iraq | 6.6 | 14.9% | 891 | 396 | #60 |
| 49 | Bangladesh | 6.1 | 19.0% | 298 | 324 | #53 |
| 50 | Romania | 5.6 | 11.3% | 781 | 331 | #49 |
| 51 | Argentina | 5.1 | 9.0% | 1.4k | 306 | #45 |
| 52 | Ukraine | 4.6 | 14.5% | 746 | 332 | #50 |
| 53 | Colombia | 4.2 | 15.1% | 554 | 391 | #43 |
| 54 | Egypt | 3.7 | 13.6% | 369 | 244 | #54 |
| 55 | Azerbaijan | 3.3 | 12.2% | 352 | 116 | #68 |
| 56 | Czechia | 2.8 | 15.2% | 380 | 263 | #55 |
| 57 | Morocco | 2.4 | 22.0% | 266 | 218 | #58 |
| 58 | Ecuador | 2.0 | 17.7% | 236 | 166 | #63 |
| 59 | Nepal | 1.6 | 18.0% | 339 | 175 | #71 |
| 60 | Peru | 117.8 | 9.9% | 540 | 166 | #59 |
| 61 | Uzbekistan | 77.9 | 9.4% | 549 | 126 | #69 |
| 62 | Algeria | 38.6 | 17.1% | 251 | 80 | #74 |
| 63 | Croatia | 0.0 | 9.8% | 252 | 120 | #67 |
countries ranked worldwide in Literature and Literary Theory (63). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.
How spread out this pool is
Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.
One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.